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Table 1: List of technologies with corresponding pedagogical applications
Technology
Pedagogical applications
clickers (physical device)
TopHat Monocle, Polleverywhere (online/cell phone)
  • keeping students engaged/awake
  • getting feedback from students
  • real-time evaluation/assessment
  • quizzes
  • real-time adjustment of content delivery
screencasts (pre-recorded or live recording)
  • whole lecture (e.g., Camtasia)
  • short segments (e.g., Jing, YouTube)
webcasts (live recording/streaming)
  • students who miss class
  • asynchronous teaching/learning
  • review/study/reinforcement
  • archiving
  • flipping the classroom (preparation outside of lecture time)
  • remote synchronous teaching
ApprenNet
  • providing expert feedback
  • peer evaluation/feedback
  • role playing
  • student-created video responses (technology use)
Padlet.com (website)
  • brainstorming
  • generating initial ideas about a concept
Skype, Facetime, etc. (projected on large screen)
  • live classroom discussion or presentation with national and international experts
Turnitin Assignments
  • detecting plagiarism
  • facilitating peer review
  • detecting grammar and punctuation errors
Blackboard Learn LMS
  • student access of course resources and technology
Smartboard
  • lack of student focus
  • recording in-class work
  • displaying various forms of media





Table 2: List of pedagogical issues with corresponding technologies
Pedagogical issue
Technology
keeping students engaged
  • clickers
  • tablets
  • mobile devices
  • blogs, wikis, and journals
finding out what students know
  • clickers
  • mobile devices
  • online quizzes
students unprepared for class
  • screencasts
  • clicker questions at start of class
  • online quizzes before class
student reflection
  • blogs
  • journals
students that need review or extra practice
  • screencasts
  • online quizzes
students that need to meet remotely for group projects
  • online collaboration tools (Blackboard Collaborate, etc.)
students need help identifying possible instances of plagiarism
  • Turnitin Assignment